Registered Dietitian: End-of-Life Nutrition Educator

Provide dietary education to agency staff and function as a member of the IDG. What you'll do Educate staff regarding dietary issues with the focus on dietary needs and interventions at the end of life. Assist the physician and nursing personnel to determine the dietary needs of the patient. Work with the IDG in the development of nutritional plans of care based on comprehensive assessments of patients’ nutritional need, preferences, and choices. Provide dietary assessments of patients as well as dietary counseling to patients/families as needed. Function as a resource for agency staff, as requested. Participate in QAPI activities, as appropriate. Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instructs them in nutritional, dietary teaching that they may use while working with the patient. Maintain and submit written clinical and agency records as deemed necessary. Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her health care knowledge through educational programs, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organization meetings and individual research and reading. Perform additional duties assigned in response to patient and/or Agency needs. Qualifications Must be a graduate of a school approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics. (ACEND) Certified, Licensed or Registered by the state of South Carolina. Must have at least one year of experience. The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing. #J-18808-Ljbffr